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I am sure there are things that can't be cured by a good bath but I can't think of one.
The Bell Jar
It isn't that they can't see the solution. It is that they can't see the problem
In order to shake a hypothesis, it is sometimes not necessary to do anything more than push it as far as it will go
Each problem that I solved became a rule which served afterwards to solve other problems
For every complex problem, there is a solution that is simple, neat, and wrong
What is to be once resolved on should be first often well considered
Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm
No problem can withstand the assault of sustained thinking
Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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